Know your rights. Use your rights. Learn how the Civil Rights Movement paved the way for your current rights today, what these rights are and how you can use them.

Name: Human Rights 101 – Knowing Your Rights
Start: 2018-12-08T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2018-12-08T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Center for Civil and Human Rights

In celebration of Human Rights Day, the Center for Civil and Human Rights cordially invites you to attend our Human Rights 101 program. Held the weekend before Human Rights Day, it is designed to inform today’s youth on their civic responsibilities and rights as human beings. Hear from law enforcement and legal advocates as they address issues of concern in today’s social climate and learn how the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 60’s paved the road for today’s fights for justice through social movements.

Themes

The Roles of Youth in Historical Social Change Movements
Knowing Your Rights as a Citizen
The Making of a Movement and Pillars of Social Change
Protecting Your Global Human Rights

Activities

Guided Tour of The Center
Conversations with Law Enforcement and Legal Advocates
Reflective Comparison of Today’s Social Movements with Yesterday’s Justice Demonstrations